The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 319 Completely Taken Down
Thinking of this place filled them with excitement.

I'm afraid they'd be willing to go mining.

King Zhu Fu of Qi was utterly speechless. Sure enough, there really was such a race in this world.

The Japanese emperor and the shogun came all the way to the northern coast.

At this point, only a few fishing boats remained on the beach.

Seeing these fishing boats, their eyes lit up. Luckily, these fishing boats were there; otherwise, they really wouldn't know how to get across.

Just as they were about to board the fishing boat, black dots suddenly appeared on the sea. Then the black dots began to grow larger and larger until they appeared in front of them. They turned out to be warships of the Ming Dynasty.

When they saw the Ming Dynasty's warships appear in this place, everyone gasped. They hadn't expected the Ming Dynasty to be so well-prepared, coming directly to this location. This was going to be troublesome.

Given the fighting strength of the Ming Dynasty navy, it was absolutely impossible for them to reach Ezo (Hokkaido).

The Japanese emperor frowned and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"Let's retreat quickly. We absolutely cannot run into the Ming navy. The Ming navy is incredibly powerful; if we encounter them, we'll be dead for sure!"

He was about to retreat with his men when, at that moment, someone appeared beside him.

The Shogun stood frozen in place, and the Japanese Emperor was extremely curious as he looked at him.

"What are you doing? Run! Do you want to die here?"

The Shogun shook his head.

"The Ming army has already occupied the entire territory of Japan. Even if I run, where can I go? It's just death anyway."

"At worst, I'll just die. I'm not going to run away anyway; I'm going to take them all down with me!"

Upon hearing this, the Japanese emperor sighed. He didn't think the shogun could die with these people; he was already being generous by buying them some time. Thinking of this, he snorted coldly.

"Since you're courting death, don't drag me down with you. I haven't lived enough yet!"

The Japanese emperor ran in the opposite direction, while the shogun led the remaining soldiers to resist.

Marquis Wu Liang of Jiangyin looked at these people charging towards him with weapons in their hands and felt extremely disdainful.

It's simply courting death.

Heavy cannons of various calibers from the Ming warships poured down onto the shore.

Soon a sea of ​​fire appeared before them, and the Shogun perished in the flames.

When the Japanese emperor saw this, he felt a chill in his heart, never expecting that the Ming army had become so powerful.

Even the Shogun couldn't hold them back in the slightest.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and led his army in a direct retreat.

They couldn't possibly withstand the Ming army; it would be best to leave this place as soon as possible.

News of the capture of the entire territory of Japan reached Yingtian Prefecture.

Upon hearing this news, Zhu Yuanzhang burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, this is truly good news! The things those Japanese pirates did along the southeast coast have finally come to an end!"

Crown Prince Zhu Biao nodded in agreement. Since Zhu Xiong Ying was put in charge of the country, all sorts of good news had come in. First, the Ming army marched north and directly crushed the remaining forces of the Northern Yuan. Most of the Northern Yuan royal family and below had been captured. Now, only some remnant tribes remained on the northern grasslands.

These tribes seemed unwilling to confront the Ming Dynasty. Then Goryeo was destroyed, and now Japan has also been destroyed.

Now that they have completely pacified the northeast, it is a pity that the Jurchens still have some strength, but it is only a minor threat. Zhu Xiong Ying then turned his attention to the southwest. Although the southwest is much more stable now, and many places have been completely taken over by them, and the King of Xia Liang is barely surviving there after being defeated by Mu Ying, the situation in the southwest is not so good, especially the local chieftains in various parts of the southwest.

They still held immense power, and the Ming Dynasty had not dealt with the Tusi (local chieftains) in the southwest region at all. Even in the mid-Ming Dynasty, Yang Yinglong still had the ability to rebel.

At this moment, a general outside Yingtian Prefecture looked at Yingtian City in the distance, his eyes filled with emotion.

Thinking about it carefully, a long time has passed since I left Yingtian Prefecture.

Previously, he had been stationed in the north, and then he was transferred directly to the southwest. He only had a brief glimpse of Yingtian Prefecture, but unfortunately, neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor the crown prince Zhu Biao were there at the time.

Now I'm finally back in this place.

This man was none other than Marquis Pingxi, Mu Ying.

Mu Ying looked at the city in front of him with some excitement. When he arrived at the city gate, Crown Prince Zhu Biao was already waiting there. Seeing Crown Prince Zhu Biao there, Mu Ying was extremely excited.

Your humble servant, Mu Ying, pays respects to Your Highness the Crown Prince.

Crown Prince Zhu Biao smiled as he looked at Mu Ying standing before him and said...

"Alright, when did you learn so many rules? Come on, let's go see your father and mother!"

"These past few days, Father and Mother have been talking about you constantly, they don't even care about their own son like me anymore!"

Marquis Mu Ying of Xiping was deeply moved upon hearing this.

Crown Prince Zhu Biao, accompanied by Mu Ying, prepared to enter Renshou Palace.

Suddenly, a person appeared in the corner; it was none other than the Crown Prince's concubine, Lady Lü.

At this moment, the Crown Prince's concubine, Lady Lü, accompanied Zhu Yunwen. It seemed as if they had bumped into each other by chance, and she was extremely surprised to see Marquis Mu Ying of Xiping.

"So it's Your Highness the Crown Prince! Your humble servant greets Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Crown Prince Zhu Biao was clearly not particularly happy about this matter, his brows furrowed.

"How did you end up in this place?"

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince's concubine, Lady Lü, hurriedly offered an explanation.

"It's because Yunwen's teachers have been teaching him some things recently, and they asked me to bring Yunwen here to learn!"

"Yunwen has learned a lot from those great Confucian scholars during this time!"

Crown Prince Zhu Biao sighed deeply upon hearing this.

The Crown Prince's concubine, Lady Lü, knew very well what she wanted to do.

However, his actions were not very effective. Before long, Zhu Xiong Ying would carry out reforms, and by then only a small number of people would truly study these Confucian ideas; most would study practical knowledge for governing the world.

"The imperial examinations will be reformed in the future. At that time, what will be truly useful will not only be the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism. So let him learn some other things as well, so that he won't be ignorant of everything when the time comes!"

The Crown Prince's concubine, Lady Lü, felt extremely embarrassed.

In his view, only the teachings of the sages could allow his son to ascend to that position. Besides, hadn't all the dynasties relied on Confucianism? How could they abandon it? In the end, all their previous efforts would have been in vain. He completely disregarded the doctrines proposed by Zhu Xiong Ying.

But he still said it with a smile.

"I understand!"

(End of this chapter)